Up to 20 attackers or groups of attackers are defacing WordPress websites that haven’t yet applied a recent patch for a critical vulnerability. The vulnerability, located in the platform’s REST API, allows unauthenticated attackers to modify the content of any post or page within a WordPress site. The flaw was fixed in WordPress 4.7.2, released...Read More
Editor’s note: This post continues our weekly primer in SEO, touching on all of the foundational aspects. In the end, you’ll be able to practice SEO more confidently and converse about its challenges and opportunities. The list of posts in the series is below, at the conclusion of this piece. Businesses put off search engine...Read More
Symantec Thousands of WordPress domains have been subject to attack through a severe content injection security flaw that many website operators have failed to protect themselves against. The security flaw, a zero-day vulnerability that affects the WordPress REST API, allows attackers to modify the content of posts or pages within a website backed by the...Read More
In my job, I either create or assist in creating a couple dozen SEO site audits a month. Being a part of the process instead of completely delegating it to employees is still important to me for numerous reasons: Doing so gives us a chance to discuss and analyze often more complicated concepts of SEO....Read More
Google’s Accelerated Mobile Pages are great for speeding up the web on your phone, but not so much if you want to share links with friends. Frequently, the only hint at the original link is a brief mention at the top — share the page you’re looking at and you’ll give people Google’s AMP cache,...Read More
At one point in time, WordPress was the most powerful blogging platform on the planet. And then something interesting happened…WordPress evolved beyond a mere blogging tool. With a massive repository of plugins and an ever-growing number of highly flexible themes, WordPress is used for e-commerce, content management, and so much more. For anyone wanting to...Read More
Doing SEO for a high profile client like Marcus Lemonis will really make you question your SEO skills. Even though I had been doing SEO for 15 years, I was still nervous. I couldn’t let the opportunity of working for someone of that magnitude go to waste. As I did the SEO for his sites,...Read More
Photo: Getty A potentially major blow for privacy advocates occurred on Friday when a U.S. magistrate ruled against Google and ordered it to cooperate with FBI search warrants demanding access to user emails that are stored on servers outside of the United States. The case is certain to spark a fight, because an appeals court...Read More
Over the next twelve months, Google will be rolling out their mobile-first index, and eventually moving it to be their primary algorithm for search engine results. What does this mean? The short version is that if your brand isn’t presenting well on mobile devices, your SEO campaign is hobbled. This development shouldn’t come as a...Read More
Google is now the world’s most valuable brand, according to a new study, snagging the No.1 spot from Apple which has been the incumbent since 2011. The annual ranking from Brand Finance says Google’s (googl) monetary value increased to $109.5 billion last year, representing a 24% increase overall. By contrast, Apple’s (aapl) monetary value fell...Read More
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